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Unemployment data indicates the falling jobless rates statewide has bottomed out in the majority of Kentucky counties for now, including Henry, according to a news release.
Unemployment rates rose in 109 Kentucky counties between December 2014 and December 2015, fell in six counties and remained the same in five, according to the latest figures from Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.

With the new year comes the continued challenge for area nonprofits to serve as many families and residents in need as possible, acording to a Kentucky Utilities news release. To energize those efforts, employees of Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company are lending a hand. Coupled with financial support from the LG&E and KU Foundation, the utilities’ voluntary employee-giving campaign, Power of One, raised more than $1.7 million in contributions.

Unemployment rates fell in 109 Kentucky counties between October 2014 and October 2015, rose in seven counties and remained the same in four, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.
State officials reported 312 people as unemployed in October out of Henry County’s total workforce of 7,471, according to the news release. That put the unemployment rate at 4.2 percent, which was down by four-tenths of a percent from the same period in 2014.

The IRS continues to warn consumers throughout Kentucky to remain on guard against scam phone calls from thieves intent on stealing their money or their identity, according to a news release from the federal agency. Criminals pose as IRS agents and use threats to trick victims into sending money or giving personal information.

Henry County’s unemployment rate dropped to under 4 percent in September, according to a news release from the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training.
Unemployment rates fell in 112 Kentucky counties between September 2014 and September 2015, rose in six counties and remained the same in two counties, Muhlenberg and Russell, state officials said.